- Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Finland
games=1972 Summer
competitors=96 (89 men and 7 women)
sports=16
flagbearer=Ilkka Nummisto
gold=3
silver=1
bronze=4
total=8Finland competed at the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich ,West Germany .Medalists
Finland finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and eight medals overall.
Gold
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Pekka Vasala — Athletics, Men's 1,500m
*Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 5,000m
*Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 10,000mSilver
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Reima Virtanen — Boxing, Men's MiddleweightBronze
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Tapio Kantanen — Athletics, Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
*Kyösti Laasonen — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
*Ristó Hurme ,Veikko Salminen , andMartti Ketelä — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
*Risto Björlin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman BantamweightResults by event
=Archery=In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Finland entered three men. They won a bronze medal.
Men's Individual Competition:
*Kyösti Laasonen — 2467 points (→ Bronze Medal)
*Olavi Laurila — 2372 points (→ 20th place)
*Jorma Sandelin — 2278 points (→ 40th place)Men's 100 metres
*Antti Rajamäki :* First Heat — 10.52s (→ did not advance)*
Raimo Vilen :* First Heat — 11.00s (→ did not advance)Men's 1500 metres
*Pekka Vasala :* Heat — 3:40.9:* Semifinals — 3:37.9:* Final — 3:36.3 (→ Gold Medal)*
Pekka Paivarinta :* Heat — 3:40.9:* Semifinals — 3:45.1 (→ did not advance)Men's 5000 metres
*Tapio Kantanen :* Heat — 13:42.0 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x100m Relay
*Antti Rajamäki ,Raimo Vilen ,Erik Gustafsson , andMarkku Juhola :* Heat — 39.54s :* Semifinals — 39.30s (→ did not advance)
=Boxing=Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Mikko Saarinen :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — DefeatedDavid Attan (KEN), TKO-2 :* Third Round — Lost toPeter Tiepold (GDR), 0:5
=Cycling=Men's Individual Road Race (200 km)
*Harry Hannus — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Mauno Uusivirta — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Tapani Vuorenhela — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Ole Wackström — did not finish (→ no ranking)
=Diving=Men's 3m Springboard:
*Pentti Koskinen — 336.99 points (15th place)Women's 3m Springboard:
*Laura Kivelä — 236.25 points (24th place)Women's 10m Platform:
*Laura Kivelä — 172.65 points (22nd place)Men's Individual Competition:
*Ristó Hurme — 5094 points (→ 8th place)
*Veikko Salminen — 4852 points (→ 17th place)
*Martti Ketelä — 4849 points (→ 19th place)Men's Team Competition:
* Hurme, Salminen, and Ketelä — 14812 points (→ Bronze Medal)
=Rowing=Men's Coxed Pairs
*Leo Ahonen ,Leif Anderson andAntero Yli-lkkelä :*Heat — 8:06.56:*Repechage — 8:11.89 (→ did not advance)
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